EL Akron RubberDucks

Ducks Use Long Ball and Strong Pitching to Win 4-1, Take Series from Curve

Published on May 1, 2022 under Eastern League (EL)
Akron RubberDucks News Release


The Akron RubberDucks pound two home runs to back dominant pitching and take the series from the Altoona Curve with a 4-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Canal Park.

Turning Point

The RubberDucks broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth when Eric Rodriguez worked a leadoff walk before Jose Tena launched a two-run home run off the batter's eye to give Akron the 3-1 lead.

Mound Presence

Hunter Gaddis was off and running early by striking out the side in order to open the game. Gaddis ran into some trouble in the second allowing back-to-back hits to plate an unearned run, but quickly resettled to go on and toss five innings allowing just the one run while striking out seven. Joey Cantillo followed with four scoreless innings striking out four.

Duck Tales

The RubberDucks answered Altoona's early run with one of their own in bottom of the fourth. Will Brennan came up with runners on the corners and lifted a sac-fly to left to bring home Daniel Schneemann to tie it up at 1-1. Schneemann added some late insurance in the bottom of the eighth by blasting one 398 feet into the Bud Light Lime Tiki Terrace to make it 4-1 RubberDucks.

Notebook

The win extended the RubberDucks winning streak to four games, which is a season high...Tena's home run was his first of the season and first at Double-A level...Second time in the series the RubberDucks had multiple players hit a home run...Game Time: 2:09...Attendance: 2,363.

On the Pond

The RubberDucks will have Monday off before heading to Richmond for a six-game series with the Flying Squirrels beginning on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:35 p.m. The game broadcast, powered by FirstEnergy, is on 640 WHLO, the 640 WHLO iHeartRadio channel, and akronrubberducks.com, and available on MiLB.TV. Tickets for all RubberDucks home games, are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.

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